(2020-04-15). Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela. fair.org 
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a "democratic transition" plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a "council of state" composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an offer to negotiate than a diktat, with the US State Department ( Despite the obvious mafioso over…
(2020-04-15). Bolsonaro ORDERED by Brazil lawmakers to disclose results of his Covid-19 tests. rt.com 
Brazil's legislators have cornered President Jair Bolsonaro on Covid-19, obliging him to show evidence of his coronavirus status. He claimed he'd tested negative twice, yet refused to make the results public. | The country's Chamber of Deputies submitted a formal request to the presidency on Wednesday, giving it 30 days to release documents on Bolsonaro's coronavirus tests. Refusal to provide the information to the legislators is apparently not an option, as it would violate Article 50 of Brazil's constitution and invoke criminal liability. | Bolsonaro was tested twice for the new coronavirus in March, after h…
(2020-04-15). Boeing customers cancel 150 jet orders in March amid coronavirus crisis & 737 MAX debacle. rt.com 
The plunging demand for air travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic has led to massive cancellations of jet orders by Boeing customers. It adds to the American plane-maker's continued struggle in the aftermath of the MAX 737 crisis. | The company said that 150 orders for 737 MAX jets were canceled in March, which is the most in a decade. Brazilian airline Gol canceled 34 orders for the narrow-body planes, while leasing firm Avolon scrapped orders for 75 of them. Boeing had also reported 41 canceled orders for the jet in February. | "We are working closely with our customers, many of whom are facing significant fin…
(2020-04-15). Uruguay: Lacalle Evaluates Trade Possibilities Despite Health Emergency. telesurenglish.net Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou assessed on Monday the possible performance of his country's business sector. The president met with members of the Confederation of Business Chambers (CCE) to discuss the possibilities and the current economic climate in the South American nation. | RELATED: | Lacalle's meeting with the business association was aimed at analyzing the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic…
(2020-04-15). Venezuela Has the Lowest Contagion Rate in Latin America. globalresearch.ca According to data compiled through April 11, Venezuela had carried out 181,335 COVID-19 tests, which allowed this South American country to detect patients in time and become the Latin American nation with the lowest infection rate. | " …
(2020-04-15). Bolivia's coup regime extends COVID-19 quarantine amid repression. wsws.org In a recent speech, interim President Añez stressed that anyone who violates the quarantine will face the "active participation of the Armed Forces and the National Police."
(2020-04-15). Brazil: Chloroquine Studies Suspended After 11 People Die. telesurenglish.net Eleven people died in Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, during a study conducted with high doses of the drug chloroquine. | RELATED: | Eighty-one patients participated in the research, 41 of whom received a high dose of chloroquine. | After three days of treatment, those who received the highest dose of chloroquine began to have heart arrhythmias. | On the sixth day of treatment, 11 of thm died, leading the gr…
(2020-04-15). Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Go to Court Against Missionaries. telesurenglish.net Due to the risk that the COVID-19 pandemic will spread to the territories of Indigenous peoples, the Union of the Peoples of the Javari Valley (UNIVAJA) asked a judge in Tabatinga municipality for legal protection to prevent Christian missionaries in their communities. | RELATED: | "We want the world to know what is going on… because the missionaries here are very strong," the UNIVAJA coordinator Paulo Kenampa Marubo said. | "They have a…
(2020-04-15). Coronavirus exposes Chilean two-tiered health system as deathtrap. wsws.org It is the policy of sustained socio-economic shock therapy initiated under Pinochet that lay the groundwork for incalculable loss of life today…
(2020-04-15). 'Bigger than winning the war': WWII vet, aged 99, survives coronavirus in Brazil. yenisafak.com World War Two veteran Ermando Piveta, aged 99, became the oldest Brazilian to recover from the coronavirus on Tuesday.Wearing an army cap and saluting from his wheelchair, Piveta left the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia to an ovation from medical staff and a soldier's trumpet homage."Winning this battle was for me bigger than winning the war," he said of his fight against an invisible enemy. "In war you kill or live. Here you have to fight to live," he added.Piveta was a second lieutenant in the Brazilian Army forces during World War Two and served in Africa.He tested positive for the coronavirus two weeks ago…
(2020-04-15). Strong 5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Colombia – EMSC. sputniknews.com The incident occurred just a few hundred kilometres from the San Diego volcano. There have so far been no reports about casualties or damages inflicted by the quake.
(2020-04-15). Threatening Military Intervention in Venezuela During a Pandemic? commondreams.org Littoral combat ship USS Detroit off the coast of Venezuela. (Photo: US Navy/DoD) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/venevzuela_intervention_coronavirus.png …
(2020-04-14). Colombia: UN Worried About Attacks Against Ex-FARC Members. telesurenglish.net In Colombia, the persecution of former combatants of the ex-guerrilla group FARC-EP persists, even though they are returning to normal life, The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force political party said on Monday. | RELATED: | The United Nations also discussed the recent violence affecting Colombia, as members of the Peace Mission attended a meeting that discussed the latest attacks against the ex-FARC members inside…
(2020-04-14). Peru: Unions Protest Against Government's Economic Measures. telesurenglish.net Labor Unions in Peru are protesting against a new economic measure from the government that seeks to cease work until the COVID-19 pandemic dissipates. | RELATED: | Peruvian President, Martin Vizcarra, announced on April 12 the implementation of the measure as his administration faces the COVID-19 impact. The "perfect suspension" states that those who are unable to work because of the virus can stop working for u…
(2020-04-14). President Maduro announced 6 new confirmed coronavirus cases for a 181 total—Venezuela moving to massive screenings. mronline.org 
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros , reported this Sunday that 6 new positive cases for Covid -19 were recorded in the country, for a total of 181 infected patients and zero [new] fatalities.
(2020-04-14). Mural in the West Bank Painted in Honor of Cuba and Venezuela. telesurenglish.net A large mural named "Al Ahrar" (Liberators in Arabic) was painted on a wall in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank in honor of Cuba and Venezuela, local media reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | The stone wall, which measures 10 meters wide by three high, is located on the highest summit of the city of Dura, in the southern West Bank. In Dura, and more generally in Palestine, murals are an important way to showcase the art…
(2020-04-14). Combatting COVID-19 through solidarity. mronline.org 
Despite a deep economic recession, a profound political crisis and international sanctions that have ravaged its health sector, the South American nation of Venezuela is demonstrating that prioritising lives is possible in the battle against COVID-19.
(2020-04-14). COVID-19 in Brazil: Favela Residents and Indigenous Communities Among Those Most at Risk. counterpunch.org 
As of noon on April 8th the total number of Covid-19 positive cases reported by Brazil's health ministry exceeded 14,000 and the number of deaths exceeded 700. This is, by far, the highest number of reported cases in Latin America (though Ecuador has a greater number of reported cases and deaths on a per capita
(2020-04-14). Lucha contra COVID-19 refleja amistad profunda entre China y Venezuela. peoplesworld.org 
CARACAS (Xinhua) — La solidaridad demostrada por China a Venezuela en medio de la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus refleja la amistad profunda entre ambos pueblos de Venezuela y de China, expresó hoy el analista internacional Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein. En entrevista con Xinhua, el experto explicó que "esta es la continuidad de lo que se ha …
(2020-04-14). Argentina Extends Mandatory Lockdown Until April 26. telesurenglish.net Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez announced Friday that the mandatory lockdown imposed last month to curb the outbreak of the coronavirus will be extended until April 26. | RELATED: | "We are extending the quarantine until April 26. We are going to continue doing the same in the bigger cities and large urban centers," Fernandez told reporters. | The president said the objective of extending the lockdown was to contain the s…
(2020-04-14). Bolivia Indigenous Denounce Añez for Discrimination. telesurenglish.net Bolivian native organizations denounced the de facto president Jeanine Añez for discrimination against Indigenous communities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | According to Confederation Bartolina Sisa's leader Irisolda Ribero, the government has not complied with promises and strategies in combatting the virus. As Ribero explains, the de facto p…
(2020-04-14). Brazil Retains 50 Respirators Purchased by Paraguay. telesurenglish.net Paraguay's government denounced Monday that their neighbors in Brazil retained 50 respirators purchased by the Ministry of Health to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the inland nation. | RELATED: | "They were retained but I don't know if the figure invoked by the Brazilian government is a law or a presidential decree," Paraguay's Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni told a local TV channel Sunday. | The minister added that now "other non-trad…
(2020-04-14). Deforestation on the Rise in the Brazilian Amazon. telesurenglish.net Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased by 30 percent between January and March 2020, which has activated the alerts of that Latin American country's real-time deforestation detection system (Deter). | RELATED: | Deter registered alerts for 796.08 km ≤ in the Amazon, more than 50 percent of the 525.63 km ≤ registered in the same period in 2019. | Only in March, 326.51 square kilometres of the Brazilian Amazon…
(2020-04-14). Colombia: Security Council hears of 'epidemic of violence' against civil society and ex-combatants. news.un.org While political actors in Colombia are uniting to confront COVID-19, they must also work together to fight "the epidemic of violence" against civil society leaders, human rights defenders and former combatants, the head of the UN mission in the country said on Tuesday during a Security Council meeting held by videoconference.
(2020-04-13). Venezuela and Iran Strengthen Ties Against US Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani spoke over the phone Monday in order to strengthen cooperation and brotherhood in the face of the illegal unilateral measures imposed by the United States on both nations. | RELATED: | Both leaders "are evaluating making a common front to fight against the imperial sanctions that affect our nations," the Venezuelan president wrote on his Twi…
(2020-04-13). Bodies in the Streets: IMF Imposed Measures Have Left Ecuador Unable to Cope with Coronavirus. mintpressnews.com Ecuador is near collapse under the strain of the coronavirus after the government of Lenin Moreno stripped state services nearly bare at the behest of the IMF.
(2020-04-13). Exactly 18 Years After US Coup Against Venezuela, Pompeo and Abrams Warn Another is Coming. mintpressnews.com US regime change cheerleaders Mike Pompeo and Elliot Abrams warned Venezuala's government not to resist the upcoming implementation of a "transitional government."
(2020-04-13). Community organisation key to fighting COVID-19. mronline.org 
While, by April 9, Brazil to its east had registered more than 16,000 cases and 822 deaths and Colombia to its west, had seen its tally climb above 2000 cases and 54 deaths, Venezuela had only recorded 167 cases and 9 deaths.
(2020-04-13). Interview with Tom Burke of FRSO on Trump's war moves against Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviewed Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) Organizational Secretary Tom Burke, who led the FRSO labor delegation to Venezuela on March 8. | Francisco Torrealba, president of the Venezuelan Transport Workers Federation, elected Venezuelan National Assembly member, and important leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) invited Burke and four Teamsters to see for themselves the changes happening in Venezuela. | Fight Back!: Why did President Trump order U.S. Navy ships to patrol near Venezuela? | Tom Burke: It is a military provocation by the U.S., and it is dangerous. Preside…
(2020-04-12). ILPS U.S. Chapter Stands Firmly with Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the International League of Peoples' Struggle – US chapter. | The International League of Peoples' Struggle – US chapter (ILPS US) expresses our deep and genuine solidarity with the people of Venezuela and their government under duly-elected President Nicolas Maduro. We absolutely reject the war mongering of the Donald Trump administration, including the fabricated charges of drug trafficking against President Maduro, the deployment of the U.S. Navy to Venezuela under the flimsy guise of fighting drug trafficking, and the continuing economic san…
(2020-04-08). Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages. thegrayzone.com Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington's economic…
(2020-04-08). "People Are Dying in the Streets": Ecuador Struggles to Cope with COVID-19 as Cases Skyrocket. democracynow.org 
The coronavirus pandemic is exhausting Ecuador's medical resources, with at least 220 dead and more than 4,000 cases. Ecuador is among the top three countries with the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the entire Latin American region. In recent days, images of dead bodies wrapped in plastic tarp left on the streets of the city of Guayaquil as families desperately try to bury loved ones have shocked the entire country and the world. Guayaquil is Ecuador's most populous city and the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. We speak with Denisse Herrera, the Ecuador correspondent for teleSUR.
(2020-04-03). Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running 'mafia racket' against Venezuela. thegrayzone.com Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US is behaving…
(2020-04-01). Pompeo's 'transition' plan tells Venezuela to suffer into submission. thegrayzone.com Declaring that "Nicolas Maduro will never again govern Venezuela," Mike Pompeo unveils a so-called "transition" plan that tells Venezuelans to…
(2020-03-13). No, Venezuela does not have a six child per family policy. zcomm.org I respect UK journalist Andrew Buncombe. As I noted for FAIR last year, he was one of the few corporate journalists who reported on a study linking Trump's financial sanctions on Venezuela to thousands of deaths by the end of 2018. Since 2018, Trump has repeatedly intensified the sanctions and threatened Venezuela with military action,
(2020-02-06). Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law" theantimedia.com In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.